| ANTHEMWISE | • anthemwise adv. (Obsolete, music) Alternately. • ANTHEMWISE adv. in the manner of an antiphonal anthem. |
| MAKEWEIGHT | • makeweight n. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. • makeweight n. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument. • MAKEWEIGHT n. a small quantity added to make up a certain weight e.g. an extra slice of bread; hence, an insignificant person or thing. |
| MIDWATCHES | • midwatches n. Plural of midwatch. • MIDWATCH n. a watch on a ship between midnight and four a.m. |
| MILLWRIGHT | • millwright n. A person who designed, erected and built mills and milling machinery. • millwright n. A person engaged in the erection of machinery. • MILLWRIGHT n. a person whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting up their machinery. |
| MISGROWTHS | • misgrowths n. Plural of misgrowth. • MISGROWTH n. an unnatural or abnormal growth. |
| PITCHWOMAN | • pitchwoman n. A female pitchman; a saleswoman. • PITCHWOMAN n. a (female) street or market trader. |
| PITCHWOMEN | • pitchwomen n. Plural of pitchwoman. • PITCHWOMAN n. a (female) street or market trader. |
| THIMBLEWIT | • THIMBLEWIT n. a silly or dimwitted person; a dunce. |
| WHITEBEAMS | • whitebeams n. Plural of whitebeam. • WHITEBEAM n. a small tree with leaves white and downy on the underside. |
| WHITECOMBS | • WHITECOMB n. a fungal disease affecting the combs of certain fowls. |
| WHITEDAMPS | • WHITEDAMP n. a mixture of poisonous gases, esp. carbon monoxide, in a mine. |
| WHITESMITH | • whitesmith n. A person who forges things out of tin or pewter; a tinsmith. • whitesmith n. A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it. • WHITESMITH n. one who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron. |
| WITCHBROOM | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |
| WORDSMITHS | • wordsmiths n. Plural of wordsmith. • wordsmiths v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wordsmith. • WORDSMITH n. an accomplished user of words. |